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You Will Like Des Plaines, Sheet Music

 
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Title
You Will Like Des Plaines, Sheet Music
Date
1924
Description
Sheet music – "You Will Like Des Plaines", 1924. Off-white paper, bi-fold music sheet with illustrated cover; background illustration of the river printed in green, "Des Plaines" printed in brown letters across top, 3 sepia-toned images of Des Plaines sites below, and a round "You Will Like Des Plaines" logo in lower right corner. Inside lists "Fifty Reasons You Will Like Des Plaines" on left and words and music on right; "Words adapted to Music by Savena Ahbe; Words by a Member of the Des Plaines State Bld'g and Loan Ass'n", based on "slogan adopted 1919, suggested by Robert F. Risser. Hymn of Des Plaines Dedicated to William Wicke, mayor of Des Plaines 1915-1923." Photographs of Des Plaines area printed on back in brown print, including homes on Parsons Avenue, Perry Street, Des Plaines Gardens, and Laurel Ave; Chicago & North Western Station, Ellinwood Street, West Division School, Greenview Public Golf Course, and various scenes of the river and roads.
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